The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-28
Local and Ztate Notes.

The c., l., ST. l.. 81 e. will this week receive
from Barney, Smith & Co. four passenger
I woyks.
Marshal Manning, of the Union Depot. accom-
companied by his TWO daughters will leave for
French Lick Springs this morning, to be absent
ten days.
The Toledo, St Louis & Kansas City road
which is now being converted into a standard
gauge road, has been christened the Glover
leaf" route.
l. Tony Trimbele formerly passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines at Cincinnati has been
appointed ticket agent at the union ticket Office
in Dayton, Q.
A cablegram received yesterday from NJ. E.
Ingalls,, president of the c., l., st. L. q c..
in Paris, France, stated that he would sail for
home on the Both of July.
The work of bowldering forty-foot street
between Alabama and New Jersey street
commenced jointly by the Bee-line and the Lake
Erie q Western yesterday.
c. L. Sprague who has represent ted the T., D.
& S. at Cincinnati for few months, has
signed and accepted a more important position
the Hooking Valley road.
The Brotherhood Of Brakemen in the north
ern part of the State have a grand excursion to
Rome City to-day. It is expected that several
thousand people will be on the grounds.
Hedge & Brauham commenced the improve
ments to Pogues run, yesterday, through which
the Union Railway Company will largely in
crease their track room between Meridian and
Delaware streets.
1t is expected that the conductors picnic which
comes off to-day at Morristown, on the c., Fl. q
l. road will be very pleasant affair About
one hundred ana fifty persons will be present.
including conductors and their friends.
Marvin Parmellse. aged thirteen. son of pas
sepger con iuctor Parmeilee. of the c.. L. St L.
g. G., died very suddenly yesterday afternoon of
of Inflammation Of the bowels. His remains will
be taken to Nation, ILL.,, to-day, for burial.
Engineering News says that endeavor is
being made to induce the Cooke locomotive
works to remove from Paterson, N j., to Indi-
aEapolis but, the Cooke works include some
thirty buildings it Is rather a serious undertak-
ing.
George Miner, the veteran conductor on the
Grand Rapids g. Indiana road, is lying at the
point of death with consumption, at the resi-
dence of sister in Fort Wayne. A few weeks
ago he buried his vile, VINO died or the same
disease.
j. c. Buchanan has resigned his position AS
division superintendent of the Southern Pacific
at Houston. Tex, and will make his future
home Lafayette, Ind. His subordinates pre-
sented him with a gold watch and chain as a
token OF esteem.
Engine No. GIL. on the j., NJ. 6 I. road, has
just been taken into the shop. after running
122, 900 miles without repairs. This beats the
record of engine No. 706 the I. & v. road.
which ran 120, 900 miles without being taken off
her wheels for repairs
If c. W. Adams, assistant general passenger
agent accepts the position offered him in the
hospital at Chicago, which has salary of S.. 500
year attached. it is stated that John Ches-
borough will be transferred to Chicago to repre-
sent the Pennsylvania lines.
District Passenger Agent Reed, of the Chi
caeo. Burlington 81 Quincy, is in the city for a
day two, prospecting for business He re-
ports travel all over the great c. B. & O. system
as heavy beyond parallel and the earnings of the
passenger department. running much larger than
in former years.
D. B. Martin, general passenger agent of the
Decline and l. 81 St. L. roads, announces that
both the Bee-line and the c., /. St L. & c. mile
age tickets will be good for a continuous passage
between ST. Louis and Cincinnati. These roads
show disposition to meet any competition
offered rapidly as it develops.
Ground broken East Washington
street, yesterday for the building which is TO be
erected by the Lake Erie & Western road for
their general offices. Jungclaus g. Schumacher
contractors and builders, of this city. were
awarded the entire contract. The building is to
be ready for occupancy by Oct l.
There is good authority for stating that nego-
tiations are pending between the /. b. e. W. and
the Pennsy lvanla lines for o more friendly inter
and Roberts have come to the conclusion that it
have the relations more harmonious than they
have been in the past.
The safety-coupler question is certainly draw
ing nearer a solution There q half dozen
excellent couplers, either of which would be
great Improvement over any now in use, and. il
possible. the patentees should pool their inter
ests, and remove all trouble which naighs arise,
should road adopt any OF these. Unquesticn-